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The Two Gentleman Of Design: Josef Hoffmann, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, And Their Contribution To The Decorative Arts In Fin-De-Siecle Glasgow And Vienna, Elizabeth Muir

Honors Projects, History

In the twentieth century, two designers stood out as radicals: Josef Hoffmann of Vienna and Charles Rennie Mackintosh of Glasgow. Both of these designers rejected the design aesthetics of the Revival and Beaux Arts styles of architecture and decorative arts, which they found to be outdated and moribund. Due to their mutual hatred of this repetitive historicism in art, Hoffmann and Mackintosh explored new ways of creating decorative arts and architecture. Both men visited and corresponded with each other, creating not only a professional friendship but also a shared language of design aesthetics. Mackintosh and Hoffmann drew on each other's …

Jefferson And Democratic Education. A Response To "Thomas Jefferson And The Ideology Of Democratic Schooling", M. Andrew Holowchak

Democracy & Education

This essay is a reply to James Carpenter's “Thomas Jefferson and the Ideology of Democratic Schooling.” In it, I argue that there is an apophatic strain in the essay that calls into question the motivation for the undertaking.

The Chanticleer, 2014-04-14, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text of letter (Click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2817. Letter, 28 October 1905, of author Alice (Hegan) Rice, Louisville, Kentucky, to Helen Keller. She praises Keller’s recent autobiography and reports on its popularity with the girls at a Japanese boarding school Rice visited the past summer. Rice encloses a composition of one of the students (not included in this collection) in which she writes that “the eyes of [Keller’s] heart are open.”

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 29, April 14, 2014, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

The German Peasants’ War: The Intersection Of Theology And Society, Zachary Tyree

Senior Honors Theses

This paper examines the way that Reformation theology, particularly that espoused by Martin Luther, impacted German society. Sixteenth-century German society was very hierarchical in nature, with the Roman Catholic Church at the top, followed by the nobility, and finally the peasants, who suffered economic and political plight. Luther’s break from the Church in 1517 and the subsequent years brought tension to society. Developments extending from that break challenged the social hierarchy. One of the major social consequences of the Protestant Reformation, which was rooted in Luther’s theology, was the Peasants’ War. Luther criticized the peasants for the uprising, based on …

Masters Golf Tournament, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

On Sunday, as I usually do on Master’s weekend, I turned to CBS to get an overdose of saccharine. Jim Nantz was in fine form developing storylines, both real and contrived, to keep the focus on the players and the natural beauty of Augusta National. The camera guys had all the obligatory shots of the dogwoods and redbud trees, the flaming and cooling azaleas, and to complete the scene, an occasional magnolia. Words like “idyllic” were used with abandon and those close ups of tense competitors nearly made golf look like an action sport.

Modernism On Trial: An Analysis Of Historic Preservation Debates In Chicago, Stephen M. Mitchell

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores preservation issues regarding modernist architecture in Chicago. As urban and public history research, the project examines the new questions brought to the forefront by recent controversies over the preservation of modernist architecture. Modernism, and an "all concrete" variant known as "Brutalism," popular in the mid-twentieth century, aimed to remove ornament and historical references common in neoclassical, neo-Gothic, Beaux Arts, and Art Deco architecture and replace them with minimal, clean, glass-and-steel buildings. Modernists who, on principle, did not believe in preservation of past forms are now in the unlikely position of making such an argument for their own …

Lanthorn, Vol. 48, No. 57, April 14, 2014, Grand Valley State University

Volume 48, July 1, 2013 - June 2, 2014

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. The Lanthorn, Vol. 48 No. 56 is missing.

A New Heroine: Transforming The Public Image Of The Army Nurse During World War Ii, Vivek Vishwanath

Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health and Society

In the wake of the Great Depression, the United States found itself propelled into a world war of unimaginable proportions. Apart from its major political and economic consequences, the Second World War also considerably altered the role of American women in society. Mobilization brought millions of women into the paid labor force, and many of these women chose to serve as army nurses. With the highest female salaries of the time, it made sense that nursing became an attractive occupation for young women seeking an education and opportunities to travel. WWII ultimately accentuated the heroic characteristics of the army nurse …

Talk To Me: Using Ohms To Index An Oral History Project, Lisa Karen Miller

DLPS Faculty Publications

The presentation discusses using the University of Kentucky's Oral History Metadata Synchronizer to index the interviews comprising the Western Kentucky University Libraries Oral History Project, conducted by Lisa Karen Miller in 2013.

Eulogy For Louise Meretsky, Delivered On April 12, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Eulogy for Louise Meretsky, delivered on April 12, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Mitchell Frank Johnson Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Forsythe, Belmont, 1920-2005 (Mss 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 486. Biographical data, military, health and travel records, photographs and papers relating to the life, military service and hobbies of Belmont Forsythe, a native of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Military material documents his service in the U.S. Marine Corps and U. S. Army Signal Corps from 1941-1966. Includes audio recordings by Forsythe recounting his life and career.

Stovall, Marcus Bartholomew, 1838-1913 (Sc 2829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2829. Miscellaneous papers, mostly receipts, of Marcus B. Stovall, Logan County Kentucky. Includes calling card, hair tonic recipe, and two letters regarding a business dispute. Also includes a list of subscribers for construction of a home in Kentucky for destitute Confederate veterans.

Clark Gardner: The Curious Case Of Mr. Rich And Mrs. Gardner, Brianna E. Kirk

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

The story of Clark Gardner, his double amputation, and his pension records are still surrounded by two other clouds of ambiguity concerning his neighbor and friend, Edward A. Rich, and Gardner’s wife. Rich relayed information to a special examiner about the nature of Gardner’s injuries. He claimed to know Gardner before the war began, revealing that Gardner had running sores on his right leg prior to enlisting in the 10th New York Heavy Artillery. This made the amputation he received in 1879 a result of this pre-existing condition instead of the sickness Gardner claimed to acquire from Staten …

Morehead To Start Own High School For Gifted Students, Lexington Herald-Leader

Morehead State College Histories

No abstract provided.

The Savior In Lds Sermons, Joseph R. Stuart, Dr. J Spencer Fluhman

Journal of Undergraduate Research

My research concerned the apostolic teachings in the General Conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-­‐day Saints from 1951-­‐2007. Specifically, I was searching for evidence that the Church has always been Christ-­‐centric in its official teachings. Christ was certainly in present, in every talk, but theological discussions were few and far between. In reading the words of prophets, seers, and revelators, I was able to grasp where the Church has come from, and perhaps where it is going in the future.

Typed Transcript Of Closing Account Of James F. Overholser, James F. Overholser

James F. Overholser Papers (MS-5)

Typed transcript of closing account of James F. Overholser Civil War Manuscript. This manuscript includes an autobiographical account of Overholser's life and family after the Civil War.

Map Of A Battlefield, James F. Overholser

James F. Overholser Papers (MS-5)

Map of a battlefield, drawn by James F. Overholser. This map was most likely extracted from a letter.

Extracts From A Diary Of A Private Soldier In The War Of The Rebellion, James F. Overholser

James F. Overholser Papers (MS-5)

Eighty-eight page manuscript written by James F. Overholser, originally titled, "Extracts from a diary of a Private Soldier in the War of the Rebellion in 1861 to 1865." These "extracts" contain autobiographical information as well as accounts of Overholser's experiences during the war.

Dulaney, Woodford, 1799-1878 (Sc 2827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2827. Letter, 29 April 1848, postmarked Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Woodford Dulaney to his nephew Robert L. Dulaney, in Marshall, Illinois. He discusses business affairs, including land sales and leases, refers to disputes over the estates of two of Robert’s uncles, relates family news, and comments on worship services by the Shaker community in which they “jump higher & quicker than ever.” He also expresses an intention to watch the Shakers “cut capers” in a local ten-acre field they have cleared.

Stovall, William Irving, 1871-1897 (Sc 2828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2828. Letters to William I. Stovall, Logan County, Kentucky. A cousin writes with an offer to help him find a job and to plan a visit; a friend writes to arrange a trip to Dawson Springs; another cousin writes from Tennessee with news of family and friends; and a sister also writes of family matters.

Red River Union Mill And Elevator Company (Sc 1439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1439. Bylaws of the Red River Union Mill and Elevator Company, probably of Logan County, Kentucky; receipt for subscription of stock in the company, 1890, with notation of assignment, 1891.

Everyday Sesquicentennial: Ghoulish Capitalism Takes Root, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Nothing was happening in Gettysburg in the spring of 1864.

That's not quite true. There was tons happening in the first few weeks of April 15 decades ago. But that "tons" was not massive or earth shattering. A dozen men and women died. Another handful of men and women found new lives in each others' arms. Life continued in this place just as it had a year before. It continued on in spite of the new cemetery, in spite of the war, in spite of the rebel arms and heads poking out of gardens alongside the budding spring flowers. Life …

The Grizzly, April 10, 2014, Dave Muoio, Olivia Z. Schultz, Jonathan Vander Lugt, Larissa Coyne, Caroline Sandberg, Evan Hill, Shawn Hartigan, Keon Jerry, Pat Vasturia, Courtney Stewart, Karch Connors, John Carty, Deana Harley, Austin Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Greek Week to Wrap up on Sunday • Relay for Life Focuses on Participation This Year • Financial Aid, Interest, Preparedness in Focus as National Decline in Enrollment Continues • At CoSA, 341 Students to Present This Year • Bikeshare Kicks Off New Cycling Season • Taiko Drum and Dance Group to Perform Sold-Out Show • Student Athlete on a Mission • Opinion: Not Black Enough, Not White Enough; Using Study Drugs is Dangerous and Unfair • Northwestern Football Faces Landmark Decision • UC Quarterback Balances Biology and Starting Spot • Tough Weekend for Many UC Teams

Naccs 41st Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Fragmented Landscapes in Chicana and Chicano Studies: Deliberation, Innovation or Extinction?
April 9-12, 2014
Hilton Salt Lake City Center

Of Causes And Casualties: Safeguarding The Legacy Of The American Civil War, Bryan G. Caswell

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

750,000 and rising. 2.5 percent of the population. Greater than all other American wars combined. No matter how one describes them, the casualties incurred as a result of the American Civil War are nothing short of astounding. To those who study this devastating conflict, the numbers of the fallen can seem old friends, as the cost of great battles such as Antietam or Gettysburg are burned into memory. Yet is it possible that disproportionate emphasis has been placed on the bloody toll of the Civil War? [excerpt]

Submarines For Aviators, Randy Hoffman

ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program

What does a docent at the Pima Air & Space Museum know about submarines? A lot! Find out in this light-hearted yet informative look how they developed, how they ‘fly’ through the water and what they can do. Learn their history from WW II to the birth of nuclear propulsion and the modern missile and attack submarines. Remember, aviators may look down on them but the subs are also looking up!

From Acorn To Oak Tree: The Beginnings Of The Remarkable Growth Of The Church In Brazil, Frederick G. Williams

Faculty Publications

This presentation talks about the beginnings of LDS Church growth in Brazil.